Strange mountains and rivers

Coming out of Wolong Ridge, Chen Huaisheng walked in a hurry.

There was a lot going on in his trip.

One is to go to Bianjing to meet Xiong Zhuang, the other is to see if he can participate in an auction and find what he needs, and the third is to go to Sui County to meet Tang Jingtian as soon as possible.

When I left Beijing, I made an appointment with Xiong Zhuang. No matter what the situation, as long as I could leave, we would meet at Kaibao Temple in Bianjing this year during the Double Ninth Festival.

If he didn't come, it meant something unpredictable had happened.

Chen Huaisheng has been thinking about the auction for a long time.

There are a lot of various markets in Bianjing city, but if you want to buy something you like and still find it at a good price, it is best to go to the auction house or ghost market.

The famous cities and towns in Bianjing City are basically controlled by several major sects and aristocratic families. It is just a dream for you to take advantage of them.

There are only auction houses and ghost markets.

The auction market in Bianliang is a mixed bag, especially since many private auctions are basically kept secret and you need to find channels to enter.

The origins of the spiritual materials and rare treasures being auctioned are also a mystery, and the rule is never to ask. Both the auctioneer and the bidder can be anonymous and invisible, and pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other.

As for the ghost market, compared with the Dongfu ghost market, it is larger in scale, has more varieties, and is more popular with all kinds of people.

It is true that in the middle of the night, you enter the underground caves extending in all directions from the bridge hole under the Bianhe River. At dawn, the water-proof beads in the Bianhe River Bridge will fail, and the Bianhe River water will pour into the salt rock caves, and the ghost market will disappear.

It is precisely because of the special situation of the Bianjing Ghost Market that the ghost market has flourished for hundreds of years. Even the Taoist palace and officials have found it difficult to intervene in the ghost market.

People who trade in the ghost market can hide in caves and use the rising and falling water to sneak and escape, and they can come and go quickly. Moreover, these caves can not only hide, but there are also countless other caves on the river bank that can be accessed, so you can escape anywhere.

Now Chen Huaisheng has a lot of spiritual stones and spiritual sand in his hands.

He benefited greatly from the robbery at the Dongfu Ghost Market, from the battle with the Golden-Eyed Blue Otter in Yanjiao, and even from the sneak attack on the Kip Shek Bay fishery in Baishimen.

But no matter how much spiritual sand you have, it is meaningless if it cannot be converted into your own strength. Anyone can come and bully you.

What Chen Huaisheng was thinking about was how to turn the spiritual sand in his hand into spiritual materials, techniques and magical weapons that could enhance his strength.

Chen Huaisheng hasn't been alone like this for a long time.

I remember that the last time I went out alone was when I was returning to my hometown. As a result, I encountered a rogue cultivator trying to attack me at Zhugouguan Pass. I had to issue a bird ticket to Yun He and Luo Xiuyue for help. Fortunately, the other party was still smart enough and did not rob them by force.

Now I can finally go out alone again.

After coming out of Wolong Ridge, Chen Huaisheng went south.

From Fuyang, cross Zhaigu Road and enter Tangshui Road, then cross the river from Tangshui Road, enter Weijun of Da Zhao, and then go to Bianliang.

The area of ​​Fuyang Road is very large, about two or three times the area of ​​Langling Mansion, but the population is about the same as Langling Mansion. Going all the way down from Wolong Ridge in the northeast, you have to go through Dawang Town, Minjialou, and then After passing Luogongpu and Cuiji Town, you enter Zhaigu Road.

There are both spacious but slightly distant post roads and closer but relatively remote access roads along this road. Chen Huaisheng chose to take the access road.

After using the magic talisman, Chen Huaisheng walked more than three hundred miles that day and rested in Cuiji Town.

Cuiji Town is a market town in name, but in fact it is also a geographical term. It is composed of more than ten scattered villages in a radius of more than 100 miles. In the middle, there are mountains stretching vertically and horizontally, and valleys and passes have become the only way to pass.

Seeing a pass between two towering mountains ahead, Chen Huaisheng also shook his head.

Previously, they had taken the main road from Tangshui Road, but now that they had chosen the shortcut, they realized that Hebei was really a vast land, and it was easy to get lost among the high mountains.

The high mountain stood majestically, with two peaks flanking the road. Chen Huaisheng slowed down and was about to cross the mountain.

"Your Excellency, don't go too far..." A loud shout came from the pass in the distance.

Chen Huaisheng was slightly startled. He didn't expect that someone in this wilderness would encounter trouble.

I saw a gorgeous sword energy rising into the sky. It should be a high-level Qi refining, with strength between the seventh and eighth levels of Qi refining.

Regarding this kind of thing, Chen Huaisheng has always been able to do without interfering, especially when the other party is obviously stronger than himself.

But there was no room for him to avoid it, as those figures were already flying towards them, one chasing them and the other escaping.

Seemingly seeing Chen Huaisheng's figure, the two of them immediately ran towards this side, but the owner of the sword energy burst also fell directly in front of them in a flash.

The visitor glanced at Chen Huaisheng, as if he had seen through Chen Huaisheng's confidence and didn't care. He didn't take him seriously even though he was at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

"Min Yusun, you two, father and daughter, are playing too much with us, aren't you?" The visitor's tone was gloomy, but the sword had already been sheathed on his waist. Obviously, he didn't really want to kill the two of them, but just to scare them. one time.

"Mr. Tian, ​​why are you joking?" Min Yusun gritted his teeth and said, "Your Excellency, it is unworthy of your status to be so persistent."

"Haha, isn't this just a joke? At the beginning, my disciple had no intention of marrying your daughter. Were you there to fan the flames and say you were willing to accomplish a good thing? But how long has this been going on now? It's been more than half a year, and your daughter has just left. , it makes my disciple lose face and becomes a laughing stock, isn’t it disgusting?”

The person who came seemed to be young, and he was wearing a brown shirt, but monks like this could never judge from their appearance.

"Mr. Tian, ​​you are a bit slanderous. At first, I wanted Qingyu to become a disciple of the real person, but the real person has always been noncommittal. You are not saying that if Qingyu promises you a disciple, you can become a disciple, but you also said that Qingyu can become your disciple. Yu can only be one of the Taoist companions, so we don't agree. Your disciple is already sixty years old. He is too different from Qing Yu and is not suitable in the first place..."

The visitor's face became colder and colder, and his eyes wandered over Min Yusun's face like a snake's letter, "Min Yusun, you are so shameless. You didn't even say a word about the age gap at the beginning. You just made it so exciting for me, not to mention that I'm a disciple." My son is only sixty years old. Does cultivation still care about age? As long as the dual cultivation is suitable and can enhance the progress of cultivation, the difference between thirty and fifty years is nothing."

Min Yusun snorted: "Although Xiuzhen doesn't care about age, the gap cannot be so big. What's more, your disciple already has two Taoist companions, so why bother with Qingyu? Qingyu has already expressed his attitude to your disciple. , won't agree, but you are pestering and pressuring me in every possible way, Qingyu even avoids me, why are you so unwilling to give up?"

"You are quite good at making excuses these days. Yes, I said at the beginning that your daughter could get started by promising me a disciple, but don't you know that my disciple already has a Taoist companion? I don't know how old my disciple is. You knew it a long time ago, but you were still willing, but now you suddenly refused. Don’t you just think that the Chonghua Sect is like Fuyang Dao, so you have an additional choice?"

The visitor's tone became more and more cold, "Don't think that I don't know your thoughts and think that you can embrace the Chonghua Sect as a big tree, but I tell you, the Chonghua Sect may not be able to stand here on Fuyang Road. No one welcomes them. Come to Hebei, Min Yusun, haven't you noticed that the Chonghua sect has committed a big taboo by causing chaos in Yanzhou?"

"What are you doing?" Min Yusun also knew that he couldn't hide it from the other party, and his face straightened, "Chonghua sent to Fuyang, and he didn't offend anyone. He also lived in peace with the Du family in Bajiao Village and the Ding family in Baita City. What are you doing? Isn’t it alarmist to make random accusations here?”

"Hmph, who gave permission for the Chonghua Sect to enter Hebei in such a big way? Can the Beirong people still decide the fate of Hebei? Tianhe Sect, Ning family, Fengyi Sect, Mao family and Wang family, these , do you really think they don't exist?" The visitor sneered again and again, "The Chonghua sect was originally a lost dog. The sects in Da Zhao were driven out in despair. Now in Hebei, there are still five or six people shouting. Why? Does he really think he can be worthy of being his home in Hebei?"

Chen Huaisheng on the side couldn't help but take a closer look at this guy named Mr. Tian.

He is around the eighth level of Qi Refining, and he seems a bit confident. He actually wants to force a young girl to be a Taoist companion for his land, and she is still a disciple in her sixties. So this guy is at least eighty years old.

Still at the eighth level of Qi Refining, from this point of view, this guy doesn't have much of a future, yet he still dares to brazenly say that the Chonghua Sect's prospects are not good.

When the Chonghua sect enters Hebei, there will definitely be many people who will not welcome it or even hate it. However, Chen Huaisheng does not believe that he will take action against the Chonghua sect.

The strength of Tianhe Sect is slightly better than that of Chonghua, and it is located in Zhangchi Road. Even if the two families may have conflicts of interest in the future, they are not at the stage of turning against each other now.

Fengyi Sect is located in Zhaigu Road, and is considered to be the second largest sect among the Six Paths of Yanzhou after Tianhe Sect. Its strength should not be as strong as Chonghua Sect.

As for the Ning family, it probably refers to the Ning family in Jicheng Road, Youzhou. It is known as the No. 1 family in Hebei. It is said that it is known as one family and three purple houses, but it is quite far away from Wolong Ridge and has no dealings with the Chonghua sect. Why? Does that mean the Ning family is also included as the enemy of the Chonghua Sect?

As for the Mao family and the Wang family, Chen Huaisheng had heard of them, but their strengths were far different. They were not a threat at all to the Chonghua faction.

But hearing this guy's vow, Chen Huaisheng felt that the other person's words might not be groundless.

Especially seeing the smug look on the other person's face, it would have been impossible for him to be in such a posture if he didn't have some accurate information.

I wanted to get more out of this guy's mouth, but unfortunately, Min Yusun didn't seem to care much about this aspect. He only focused on trying to escape: "Mr. Tian, ​​whether the Chonghua sect can stand or not, neither can we." It doesn’t matter, the Min family just wants to survive peacefully in Fuyang, and they don’t want to provoke anyone. I just want to forgive Mr. Tian for his difficulty in complying with Mr. Tian’s request.”

"Can't you obey?" The visitor's face turned ferocious, "Can I let you go? You've been delaying it for half a year with your sweet talk. I gave you face and didn't care about you, but you kicked your nose in the face and pissed us off. Believe it or not, your Min family will soon turn into a pile of tombs?"

Min Yusun's face changed slightly, "Mr. Tian, ​​don't bully others too much. How do you treat me in broad daylight? The Min family has treated you a lot over the years, and there is no other disrespectful intention. Moreover, Qingyu has already entered Chonghua. After joining the head of Chonghua Business, does Mi Zhenren really want to turn against Chonghua and not hesitate to fight?..."

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The Year of the Dragon is approaching. Lao Rui wishes all the brothers good health and good luck to their families during the Spring Festival!